Sale 205 Lot 1030

1883 BROOKLYN BRIDGE OPENING DAY SOUVENIR ISSUED BY NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE LORD & TAYLOR. Pressed wooden plaque. Obverse with image of the famed bridge and the words "Brooklyn NY Bridge." Artist name, unreadable, on lower left. Reverse reads "Cost $15,000,000; Commenced Jan. 3. 1870. Opened May 24. 1883; Length 5,988' Width 85'; New York Approach 2492'; Brooklyn Approach 1801'; Centre Span 1595 ½'; Thickness of Cables 15 ½"; Height Above High Water; Towers 276 2/3' Roadway 118' Centre Span 135'; New York Mayor: Franklin Edson; Engineers: John A. Roebling and Washington A. Roebling; Brooklyn Mayor, Seth Low. A fabulous souvenir of what, at the time, was a world-reknown engineering marvel. For many years it was the world's longest suspension bridge. - Framed, 9 in. x 8 in.
Collection of a Retired Journalist
Estimate $100-200